Gotthard Base Tunnel
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The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened in June 2016 and full service began the following December. With a route length of 57.09 km, it is the world's l
Turnout at Faido multifunction station
Erstfeld, north portal, 460 m (1,510 ft) a.s.l.
Amsteg portal (maintenance access), 507 m (1,663 ft) a.s.l.
Sedrun portal (maintenance access, bridge over the Anterior Rhine), 1,334 m (4,377 ft) a.s.l.
Gotthard Pass
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The Gotthard Pass or St. Gotthard Pass at 2,106 m is a mountain pass in the Alps traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif and connecting northern Switzerland with southern Switzerland. The pass lies betwe
Gotthard Base Tunnel
…mi), it is the world's longest railway and deepest traffic tunnel and the first flat, low-level route through the Alps. Located at the heart of the Gotthard axis, it is the third tunnel to connect the cantons of Uri and Ticino, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel. The GBT consists of a…
The area of the Gotthard Pass from the west
Lago della Piazza and Hospice area
Muleteers at the Gotthard
The modern concrete span of the third Devil's Bridge (Teufelsbrücke, built 1958) showing an older bridge (built 1830) below